page_title: History of Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (football)
section_title: Promotion and debut in Primera
hierarchical_section_title: History of Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (football) / Promotion and debut in Primera
caption_attribution_description: English: The Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata football team that achieved promotion to Primera División, after beating Honor y Patria.
context_page_description: Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata was founded on June 3, 1887, as "Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima", initially with fencing as its main activity, as its name in Spanish indicated. Association football was added at the beginning of the 20th century.
  In 1915, Gimnasia y Esgrima was promoted to the first division after becoming champions of the División Intermedia, the second division of Argentine football league system by then. That same year the club also won the Copa Bullrich.
  Later, in 1929, the club would become champions of Primera División, its first title in the top division. Once in the professional era, Gimnasia became champions of the Segunda División in 1944, 1947 and 1952 and won the Copa Centenario de la AFA in 1994. Additionally, the squad has been a runner-up in the Primera División on five occasions. The club has remained at the top level of Argentine football for 73 seasons, giving it with Newell's Old Boys the eighth longest participation at this level.
context_section_description: After leaving football for a few years, the club restarted the practise of the sport in 1912. Three years later the squad promoted to the first division after defeating Honor y Patria by 3–1, on December 15, 1915.
  Some of the players that achieved promotion were Emilio Fernández, Diómedes Bernasconi, Luis Basérico, Ricardo Naón, Roberto Felices, Edmundo Ferreiroa, H. Negri, Angelo Bottaro, Ricardo Gazcón, José Torres Amaral, Manuel Alvarez, Horacio Sancet, José Iglesias, Ernesto Guruciaga, Ignacio Bulla, Pedro Schiaffino, Sebastián Galesio, Clemente Lastra, Sebastián Mansilla, Delfín Derves, Antonio Gismano, Jorge Garbarino, Laureano Spósito Arrieta and Oreste Rutta.
  The same year Gimnasia also won the Copa de Competencia Adolfo J. Bullrich and the División Intermedia league championship.
  On April 27, 1916, Gimnasia faced Estudiantes for the first time. The match was played at Estudiantes field, the Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, being won by Gimnasia y Esgrima by 1–0.
  On April 27, 1924, the club inaugurated the stadium located in the intersection of the 60th avenue and 118th street, later named Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo. Gimnasia y Esgrima remained a record-15 months unbeaten there (from its first official meeting until July, 1925). This year achieves the second place, behind San Lorenzo, with 15 victories, 7 ties and 1 defeat.
caption: The team that promoted to Primera División in 1915.
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